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Re: [RC] lowered age limit - Truman Prevatt

I don't think the problem lies with the AERC I. The problem lies in the fact international endurance has evolved into a TB racing model. Look at the times of the last WEC and look at the times of the UAE races. The question is - can the US compete on that level without adopting the model? I am sure the USEF is in it to win and I am sure they are not going to keep folks around in a discipline that doesn't win. There is only one race or a small number of races. The way to win is to have a bunch of horses peaked and pick the one to run that is doing his best at the time of the race.

Truman

KimFue@xxxxxxx wrote:
In a message dated 06/23/2006 10:40:36 AM Pacific Standard Time, ranch@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

    If the only goal of international competition is to "win the big
    one", and
    to do well internationally, for your country, is the major goal of
    your
    local endurance organization, this attitude is almost a forgone
    conclusion.

This has never been the stated goal of the AERC, and surely is not
the goal
of 90+% of AERC members*.

Ed what you write is probably true but I would like to add that I am not sure that this is the goal for the majority of AERC I members (who may also be USEF members) that support International riding. I was a member of AERC I for 10 years and USEF one year and never felt that way. Many of those AERC I members I have spoken since dropping my AERC I membership don't come across having this attitude. In my opinion, it is a very small minority but it seems that this minority makes the decisions.


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"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth." Niels Bohr -- Nobel Laureate, Physics




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